LINGUIST List 8.412

Sat Mar 22 1997

Confs: Arabic Dialectology, Slavic Linguistics

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Preliminary Announcement
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Third AIDA International Conference on Arabic Dialectology
Malta, 29 March to 2 April 1998
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The third international conference of the 'Association Internationale
de Dialectologie Arabe' (AIDA) is being organised by the Institute of
Linguistics, University of Malta, from 29 March to 2 April 1998.
AIDA was set up in 1993 in Paris with the aim of fostering contacts
among scholars, hitherto working practically on their own, engaged in
the linguistic description and analysis of the Arabic dialects in both
the synchronic and historical-comparative perspectives. AIDA is
confident that mutual knowledge of each other's research interests,
work, and projects in hand will not only help in achieving the set
goals, better and in a shorter time, but will eventually stimulate new
and shared projects.
Earlier editions of the AIDA International Conference were held in Paris
(January 1993) and in Cambridge (September 1995).
The Malta conference will centre around the following general themes:
sociolinguistic studies;
diachronic studies;
typology;
geographical studies;
oral literature.
Given the conference location, the organising committee is also proposing
the following areas of a more specific nature:
peripheral dialects of Arabic;
contact phenomena in Arabic dialects;
Christian Arabic.
In one of the sessions (all of which will be plenary) prominence will be
given to current research on the Maltese language.
The closing date for registration is 31 March 1997. Invitations for
participation were sent to interested scholars in January 1997, and the
response has been encouraging. The following are some of the scholars who
will be participating and giving a paper:
ABU-HAIDAR, Farida (England) 'Some nominal and copular
clauses in the Christian Arabic of Baghdad';
AGUADE, Jorge (Spain) 'The Arabic dialects of the Dmaa valley, Morocco';
AL-DOSSARI, Ahmad (Kuwait);
BLAU, Joshua Y. (Israel) 'Are Christian Arabic (and Judeo-Arabic) indeed
misnomers?';
BORG, Alexander (Israel) 'The colour system of contemporary Maltese';
DE RUITER, Jan Jaap (Netherlands) 'The lexicons of Moroccan Arabic and
Modern Standard Arabic: theoretical implications and practical
applications';
HARY, Benjamin (USA) 'The dialect of the Jews of Egypt as reflected in
_suruh_ materials';
HOLES, Clive (England);
HOPKINS, Simon (Israel) 'An Arabic-French glossary of the
13th century';
KAYE, Alan S. (USA) 'Arabic binomials';
RETSO, Jan (Sweden) 'T-passives, _kashkasha_ and the early history of
Arabic dialects';
ROSENHOUSE, Judith (Israel) 'The acquisition of Arabic as a mother tongue:
stages and problems';
SIMEONE-SENELLE, Marie-Claude (France) 'L'arabe parle en Erythree';
VANHOVE, Martine (France);
ZABORSKI, Andrzej (Poland) 'Tendencies in the verbal systems of Arabic
dialects'.
For further information, please contact Dr. Manwel Mifsud (details as
follows):
e-mail mmfisudwaldonet.net.mt
fax: (Attn Ms. Mildred Borg)
(+356) 345 655
post Room 353
Old Humanities Building
University of Malta
Msida MSD 06
MALTA
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Joe Caruana
Institute of Linguitics
University of Malta
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